BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 15

Evolution and our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 15 | The BioLogos Forum

The first line says "Summary." I'm taking this as a good sign. Evaluation and summary to follow in a week or so.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 14

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Surprisingly enough, this one has the feel of actually being the last one. Rather than jump all over his conclusions, I'm going to work through from beginning to end on my own, then decide how to present this to you. This is a huge topic by now, and his historical account, while flawed in some areas due to the bias of his conclusions, is still compelling. I hope to have a preliminary work on this in a couple of weeks.


--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 13

Evolution and our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 13 The BioLogos Forum


I know this has been a long time coming, but he is promising a summary in the 14th post. Since this has become so long, I'll probably not review the whole thing until June, with some sort of reference system used to deal with the lengthy series. There is, at least the possibility, the promise of an endpoint.


--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 12

Evolution and our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 12 | The BioLogos Forum

Well, he's going after the giants now. Machen this week and Vos next week. I hope there is a point.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 11

Evolution and our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 11 | The BioLogos Forum

I hope this is winding down. This is going to be very difficult to summarize. I'm going to start working the problem and be prepared for the end.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 10

Evolution and our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 10 | The BioLogos Forum

The promise exists now for at least two more posts. I'm going to work on a summary of where they have gone so far with commentary. I plan to share this on their site, so this should be interesting.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism: Part 9

Evolution and Our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 9 | The BioLogos Forum

It is actually quite interesting where these arguments are going. It is too bad that framework isn't in his view as a possibility. As usual, there will be more.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 8

Evolution and Our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 8 | The BioLogos Forum

In the never ending post, we have the promise of another part. I'm going to ask him how long this will be.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 7

Evolution and Our Theological Traditions: Calvinism , Part 7 | The BioLogos Forum

And the band played on.... I'm thinking he's going to finish on Easter. Maybe he's going to keep going beyond that. I'm going to consolidate all of the links into one post for the summary and delete the rest, so please continue to bear with me.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 6

Evolution and Our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 6 The BioLogos Forum

At this point, I am resigned to the idea that this guy is going for 10 parts. I'll keep posting the links, and know that there will be a rebuttal at the end.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 5

Evolution and Our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 5 The BioLogos Forum

Oh, good grief. Now, he is promising part 6. I'm almost sorry I started following this feature. Hopefully, we will have some conclusions to discuss soon. My apologies in advance to anyone who is trying to follow this guy.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 4

Evolution and Our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 4 | The BioLogos Forum

The meat of the topic is finally upon us. But in true hyperblogging style, this is still not the last post of the series. I'll try to keep it quiet for one more round.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 3

Evolution and Our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 3 | The BioLogos Forum

It is clear that this guy intends to go on for at least one more post after this one. I'm biting my tongue, and a hole is developing. I'll try to wait for the last post.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 2

Evolution and Our Theological Traditions: Calvinism, Part 2 | The BioLogos Forum

Following my own advice, I will try to reframe from commenting on this until he is finished, but at this point it might be appropriate to interject some comments.

First, while he is clearly reading about Calvin on the one hand, his interjection of his own opinion into his narrative at times comes across as a representation of Calvin when it is his own opinion. This is rather confusing and perhaps it was intentionally misleading. We will have to see as he develops his arguments next week.

Second, it is also clear that the author lacks reformed categories. This is problematic when discussing other systems. For instance, when a Roman Catholic talks to a Reformed theologian about justification, there has to be a clarification of the semantics and typology in regards to Grace. The Roman Catholic describes justification in terms of events that are broader and with different nomenclature than the Reformed theologian. Both sides have to understand how the other uses the word justification in order to make sense of the interaction. Similarly, the author here appears to lack this understanding of Calvin's categories.

Third, this whole series has to be viewed in light of the agenda of the website. It must be remembered that framework is not even presented by BioLogos as a creation interpretation. His treatment of genre in the second piece fails to make the key claim that there are more genres present in the Old Testament than just historical and allegorical types.

Therefore, it is becoming clear how this line of logic will fall short. Nonetheless, I will allow the argument to conclude before my final word on this topic.

--Ogre--

BioLogos on Calvinism, Part 1

Evolution and Our Theological Traditions: Calvinism | The BioLogos Forum

I don't often go to BioLogos, but there is a timely series appearing there and it will be interesting to see how they tie this into their own hermeneutic concerning Genesis 1-2.  I have read this first installment and, minus the quips, it is an honest enough representation of Calvin thus far.

Please leave this alone if you want to debate Genesis 1-2 at this point.  We will come to that after they are finished making their presentation.  They have promised at least 3 parts to this series on Calvinism.  Likely, I will be commenting on their site when they are done.

--Ogre--